COMPOSITE. 99 



S. Brean Down. Bourton. Cheddar. Clevedon. Leigh 

 Wood. Between Abbot's Leigh and Failand. Wells. 

 Yatton ; Miss Winter. VII. IX. 



PULICARIA, Gaert. 



423. P. dysenterica, Gaert. 



Native; in ditches and moist places by roadsides, very 

 common. VIII. IX. 



FILAGO, L. 



424. F. germanica, L. Cudweed. 



Native ; in cultivated fields, and dry places, frequent. 



G. Horfield. Charlton. Sea Mills. Stapleton. 



S. Brean. Clevedon. Congresbury. Walton-in-Gordano. 

 Wells. 



This is the Herba impia of old authors, so called because 

 the stem bearing at first a solitary terminal cluster of 

 flowers, produces from beneath it branches which overtop 

 it and bear similar clusters, as if the offspring were 

 undutifully exalting themselves above the parent. The 

 name Cudweed arose from a supposed power in this herb 

 to promote rumination in cattle. VII. VIII. 



425. F. apiculata, G. E. Sm. F. lutescens, Jord. 

 " On Pennant at Stapleton." Herb. Stephens. 



We have not looked out for this species ; and possibly it 

 has been passed over for F. germanica. 



426. F. minima, Fr. 



Native ; on barren sandy ground, very rare. 



G. Near Hanham Mill ; Herb. Stephens. Conharn ; Mr. 



G. H. K. Thwaites, in Swete, Fl. 48. 

 S. Brean Down ; St. Brody, Fl. Weston. This station 



has not been verified. 



